0 a small piece of torn skin at the edge of a fingernail:
I had a hangnail that was really hurting me.
Picking, biting, or cutting a hangnail may put you at risk of infection.
We encourage people not to go to the doctor for every hangnail.
There's no shortage of folk remedies reputed to cure everything from headaches to hangnails.
In a time in the NFL's history where a guy won't play if he's got a hangnail, this guy will play if his arm is hanging off.
There was a hangnail at the side of my thumb and I tore it off.
